CHAPTER FOUR

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

This chapter includes data on the most important indicators in the agricultural sector which can be summed up as follows:

- Indices of the agricultural plant and animal production .

-Value of the agricultural production at current prices and 2000 constant prices

- Lands use .

- Areas under crops by kind of crops & fruit trees their production and yield .

- Data on the ginnedcotton and coton seeds .

- Livestock and poultry by kinds & production of meat , milk and its products .

- Data on the various agricultural machines and other requirements .

- Data on the cooperative sector ( Crops and number of peasants cooperatives by type ) .

- Data on state farms for plant and animals products .

- Data on G. O. D. E. B.

- Data on agrarian reform and expropriated and distributed lands

- Data of Requirements & Forestry prod & prices of crops marketed by government .

- Data in this chapter are presented in totals and taking the form of time series covering the last five years only whereas land uses are shown by Mohafazat. Agricultural stability regions and method of irrigation .

Crops are classified Grops including cereals , dry legumes , vegetables and industrial crops , while fruit trees are presented as one group .

As to animal production , it is presented by kind animal whereas machines are classified by type and strength .

The Central Bureau of Statistics presents data related to 1970 , 1981& 1994 agricultural . Census in addition it presents data on area production & yield of wheat barely lentil and chick peas obtained from the annual sample-survey , carried out in Cooperation with certain governmental authorities responsible for developing & marketing these crops .Data related to cotton are obtained from the sample survey carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and agririan reform the cotton org and the general union of peasants for estimating cotton planted area, its production and yield . While data on the production of ginned cotton and the production of seeded cotton and its prices and exports are abtained from the general Establishment for cotton gin and marketing

Tobacco data are taken from the General Establishment for Tobacco .

Information on agricultural machines sold are taken from the distributing company of Agricultural Machinery , the other various indicators & data related to the agricultural sector are obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform , which collects annual data on the agricultural sector ( plant & animal ) through village record approved by the Central Bureau of Statistics the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform and the General Union of peasents .